Little Silver (NJT station)

Little Silver
The former ticket booth at Little Silver Station
Location	Oceanport (Branch) & Sycamore Avenues Little Silver, New Jersey
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Line(s)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Academy Bus
Construction
Parking	Yes
History
Opened	1875
Rebuilt	1890, 2003
Traffic
Passengers (2012)	783 (average weekday)
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station Monmouth Park toward Bay Head North Jersey Coast Line Red Bank toward Hoboken or New York Penn Station   Former services   Pennsylvania Railroad Branchport toward Bay Head Junction New York and Long Branch Railroad Red Bank toward New York City or Exchange Place
Little Silver Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
NJT's North Jersey Coach at Little Silver Station at night.
Location	Little Silver, New Jersey
Coordinates
Area	0.2 acres (0.1 ha)
Built	1890
Architect	H. H. Richardson
Architectural style	Richardson Romanesque
MPS	Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP Reference #	84002754
NJRHP #	1999
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 22, 1984
Designated NJRHP	March 17, 1984

Little Silver is a railway station in Little Silver, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. It is served by trains on New Jersey Transit's North Jersey Coast Line. The station is located in between two grade crossings, and trains can back up traffic when they stop at the station.

History

The station was originally built by in 1875 by the New York and Long Branch Railroad which was acquired by the Central Railroad of New Jersey. On June 30, 1882, the community became the site of an accident in which 5 of the 7 cars of the NY&LB's Lightning Express train plunged off a trestle bridge, killing 1 man outright, with 2 men dying of their injuries later. Former President Ulysses S. Grant was among the survivors of the accident. The original station house was replaced by the existing station, which was designed by the noted American architect Henry Hobson Richardson prior to his death in 1886, and opened in 1890.The head house has been on the state and federal registers of historic places since 1984 listed as part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource. The station exterior is constructed of sandstone with a slate roof, while the interior features rough wood paneling. It was renovated from 2001 to 2003 with Mark Fitzsimmons as the architect.

Station layout

	■ North Jersey Coast Line	toward New York or Hoboken (Red Bank)
	■ North Jersey Coast Line	toward Bay Head (Monmouth Park)

See also

• List of New Jersey Transit stations
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Monmouth County, New Jersey

External links

• NJT rail station information page for Little Silver
• DepartureVision real time train information for Little Silver
• North Jersey Coast Line schedule
• Station from Sycamore Avenue from Google Maps Street View
• Station from Oceanport Avenue from Google Maps Street View